CPM Kerala mouthpiece blocks VS memorial edition over ‘Kallan Vijayan’ feature
The Deshabhimani daily, the official mouthpiece of the CPM in Kerala, abruptly halted and withdrew its scheduled weekend weekly supplement.
The Deshabhimani daily, the official mouthpiece of the CPM in Kerala, abruptly halted and withdrew its scheduled weekend weekly supplement.
The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) on Monday registered a suo motu case against CPM leader and former Higher Education Minister KT Jaleel for publicly reprimanding students and allegedly causing them mental distress during a felicitation event.
The Opposition CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) staged a walkout in the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Monday after Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan rejected its notice for an adjournment motion on the alleged failure of the United Democratic Front (UDF) government to prevent the spread of diseases like Nipah, Shigella, Monkeypox, and Dengue.
The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday ordered a fresh investigation against CPM leader EP Jayarajan over allegations of assaulting Youth Congress functionaries during an in-flight protest against then Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal on Saturday accused the CPM of targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to deflect from its own electoral failures and political decline.
Results in the local body elections in Kerala have come as a setback for the ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the state ahead of the assembly elections next year, with the Congress-led United Democratic Front(UDF) registering a thumping victory in both rural and urban civic bodies.
The statement said the haste has compelled BLOs to set up makeshift offices in party premises and summon voters to those locations, a development the party warned could lead to “mass exclusion and errors” in the rolls.
Opposition Leader in the Kerala Assembly, VD Satheesan, on Sunday strongly criticised the CPM for allegedly threatening opposition candidates in the upcoming local body elections in Kannur district.
Speaking to the media in Kannur, Martin George said the UDF was unable to file nomination papers in two divisions of Anthoor municipality due to threats from CPM workers.
Kelkar said around 1,19,315 voters have been found untraceable during Kerala’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision(SIR) and that election officials are embarking on an effort to track down voters found untraceable during the enumeration phase.
